Miyamoto Talks Righty Link

Diehard Nintendo fans were surprised to see that in the Wii version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, franchise hero Link no longer wields a sword in his left hand. Nintendo apparently made the change because of the game's new Wii-mote enhanced sword swiping mechanics, which enable players to gesture slicing motions to make Link slash with his blade. The developer apparently felt that because so many people play with the Wii-mote in their right hand, Link should become right-handed. But don't settle for our paraphrasing - read what legendary producer Shigeru Miyamoto has to say on the subject.

Nintendo recently conducted a Q&A session on various Wii related topics. When asked why Link was left-handed in the Wii version of Twilight Princess, Miyamoto had this to say:

"Although Link is [traditionally] left-handed, at E3 we noticed people seemed to be using the right Wii controller to swing his sword. That's why we decided to make Link right-handed. The interesting this is, on the GameCube Link is still left-handed; because of the mirror mode the game map is reversed."

There you have it. Rampant message board wars speculating back and forth about a mirror mode may now rest in peace.